If it wasn't bad enough that our state attorney general has admitted to failing to register as an investment adviser (a felony), now his wife, Angela Paxton, a Texas state senator, has introduced legislation to not only make her husband's criminal act legal, but to expand his authority with new powers. The Texas Constitution prohibits lawmakers from voting on bills in which they have a personal or private interest. It appears that the Paxton family does not understand the word 'ethics.' These are the types of corrupt practices that Texas voters must put an end to.

Robert Franklin, Far North Dallas

This has gone on too long

There is no way that Angela Paxton did not realize that Senate Bill 860 would affect her husband's authority and possibly eliminate the charges against him pending for nearly five years now. Ken Paxton should either be out of office, under indictment or at least in the midst of a trial. Something is totally wrong with this picture. This stalling has gone on long enough. Are there "blinders" on everyone in Austin?

David McLintock, Dallas/Lake Highlands

Predictable ....

I think I have become clairvoyant, or at least Ken Paxton and his wife made it so when Paxton's wife, Angela, was running for the Senate in Texas. I predicted that one of her first acts would be to erase the laws that her husband has been indicted for, and it has almost come true. Sen. Paxton has introduced a bill into the Texas Legislature that is vague enough that if enacted would allow Ken to avoid jury trial and the chance of him being convicted of the three indictments against him back in 2015 for stock fraud. Has Texas politics become so blatantly apparent that even I can predict an outcome? I guess so.

George Gene Pich, Denton

What about the paper trail?

Re: "Contract OK'd for poll software — Under new system, residents could go to any voting location and cast a ballot tailored to where they live," Wednesday Metro & Business.

It was great to read this morning's article about the new voting equipment allowing voters to vote anywhere on Election Day. But nowhere did it talk about that equipment providing a paper trail. Will that be included?

Bill Betzen, Dallas

Voters should have a say

The city of Dallas needs to look at their disbursements a little closer. Coming in threes, the first two needed to be voted on by the citizenry. First, the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park, again Oak Lawn Park, then the destruction and removal of the Confederate Monument in Pioneer Park. Where it will be hidden remains to be seen or will never be seen.

Now, another boondoggle has surfaced. The city spends $316,128 annually on a parking lot which is padlocked to the public — it is being "warehoused." Sounds like the Economic Development Committee, which didn't bring it up to the Council except for a voice vote, blew it. Its almost like they were taking lessons from the police and firemen's fund managers. Why don't these major expenditures come for a vote by who foots the bill — the voters of the city of Dallas!

Robert Caruth, Lone Oak, Texas

Where does this end?

Now that Dallas City Council has voted to remove the Confederate War Memorial, what is next on the agenda? They might as well dig up all Confederate soldiers and move them so they will no longer be seen in Dallas, either. If they are going to wipe out Confederate history, everything should go, including the Dallas City Council.

Karen Duggins, Irving

Church should protect all victims

Re: "Abuse survivors to get meeting," Tuesday news story.

Pope Francis wasted little time in speaking out against the sexual assault of nuns, but remains reluctant to even acknowledge clergymen's abuse of laypeople. He dismissively says the latter will continue because it's a human failing. That may be true, sadly, but that doesn't let the church off the hook. The Pope has to accept that he can't forgive this problem away.

For centuries, the church has proven it won't change itself. It must be changed, but Pope Francis is squandering the opportunity to do so. Protect all victims, not just the nuns. Assist secular authorities in prosecuting guilty clergymen instead of moving them to another diocese where they can abuse again. Better yet, prevent sexual predators from entering the clergy in the first place, unless the Pope wants to be remembered as a righteous hypocrite.

Let's abolish the police department for two reasons: first, some criminals game the system and elude arrest; second, some citizens complain about the inadequacy of the police force. According to "Electricity choices may get trickier," these are the same two stupid reasons some Texas legislators use to justify their attempts to abolish the valuable website powertochoose.org: first, that some electricity providers game the system; and second, that some constituents complain. These legislators fail to realize that most consumers value this website and see through the flimsy attempts of a few electricity providers to subvert it.